Numbers 14:11:9Num.14.11.W9TAB
לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ
loyaaminu
“will they not believe”
- Transliteration
- lo-ya-a-MI-nu
- Extended
- loh-ya-a-MEE-nu
- IPA
- /loːjaʔaˈminu/
Meaning by language
- English
- will they not believe
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-ya-a-MI-nu
- phraseyour reading level
lo-ya-a-MI-nu BI
- clause
ve-ad-A-na lo-ya-a-MI-nu BI be-KHOL ha-o-TOT a-SHER a-SI-ti be-kir-BO
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH ve-ad-A-na lo-ya-a-MI-nu BI be-KHOL ha-o-TOT a-SHER a-SI-ti be-kir-BO
Exegesis
The Piel verb yenatzuni {יְנַאֲצֻנִי | yə-na-ʿa-TSU-nî} conveys active contempt and the negative lo-yaaminu {לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ | lōʾ-ya-ʾa-MĪ-nû} shows progressive unbelief.
Root and etymology
א־מ־ן
“to believe, trust, stand firm”
In context — Numbers 14:11
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise Me ? And how long will they not believe in Me in all the signs that I have done among them?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:11:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:11, so the Hebrew word לֹא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ (loyaaminu) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.14.11.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.11.W9.S1) and character.